Example sentences of "and there was nothing [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old order was changing , and there was nothing we could do about it . |
| 2 | But the covers had been printed , and there was nothing we could do . |
| 3 | They had the right to take away our children , and there was nothing we could do about it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ But they bought it for £46 million and sold it six months later for £92 million , and there was nothing we could do about it . ’ |
| 5 | There was me as well , you see , and there was nothing we could do and er she 'd had this erm , it was awful , they took her to the mortuary because some of the girls , you see , erm , you know they went hysterical and er I 'm not gon na pass her door , that sort of thing . |
| 6 | Inday became ill and there was nothing we could do . |
| 7 | Their fate had been sealed , irrespective of participation in the winter demonstrations and there was nothing they could do about it . |
| 8 | His arm lay against hers from shoulder to elbow and there was nothing they could do about it . |
| 9 | Time was when the South West would be filled with Gloucester boys … only two Paul Holford and Dave Sims made it on Saturday and there was nothing they could do in the first half to stop the north from taking control … a try from Jim Mallinder gave them a 13-6 lead at half-time … |
| 10 | I could not have looked out of the window if I had tried , the chores were all done , and there was nothing whatever to do except sit at that table and write . |
| 11 | The rain sheeted down and there was nothing whatever to do . |
| 12 | ‘ It used to get me so angry and I really wanted to protect my mother and help her , but I was only six at the time and there was nothing I could do . |
| 13 | Dawn 's nervousness while she was attached to my hand lasted for quite a while and there was nothing I could do about it other than reassure her . |
| 14 | My father was the sweetest man in the world and there was nothing I could fight him for , or do against him , or he against me , because nothing was said that I did n't agree with , or he did n't agree with , because I was a very easy child . |
| 15 | And there was nothing I could do . |
| 16 | He wore his mood wrapped tightly round like him like a galabeah until he was prepared to throw it off , and there was nothing I could do to change him . |
| 17 | She was told they had a warrant and there was nothing she could do about it . |
| 18 | If they wanted her , they 'd come and there was nothing she could do to stop it . |
| 19 | Then they gave her a battery of psych-tests that plugged straight into her nervous system ; though she fought against it , they strapped her down and there was nothing she could hide , no way to stop the relentless tide of data and attitudes they programmed into her , or the probing of her mental set . |
| 20 | But it had happened , and there was nothing she could do about it . |
| 21 | She felt as if an express train were speeding towards her — but her feet were set in concrete and there was nothing she could do . |
| 22 | And there was nothing she could do . |
| 23 | He was seducing her already , pulling her close , and there was nothing she could say or do to still the instant leaping hunger he incited . |
| 24 | Failing miserably , she found herself sliding sideways , and there was nothing she could do but laugh as she hit the field quite hard and bike landed on top of her . |
| 25 | And there , on the carpet , the worst thing of all happened to Sally-Anne Tunstall , and there was nothing she could do about it , nothing . |
| 26 | And there was nothing she could say in her own defence . |
| 27 | Her frantic attempts to push away those wide shoulders proved to be of no avail , and there was nothing she could do to prevent his mouth gently brushing her lips . |
| 28 | And there was nothing she could do about it ! |
| 29 | Her uncle and her father were at war , and there was nothing she could do to stop it . |
| 30 | He knew he was doomed and there was nothing he could do about it . |